Losing A Third Of Your Stack? No Problem.
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Last time we left Matvey Linov, he had just dropped around 40,000 to Javed Abrahams which had us wondering whether he would self-destruct after such a good day so far. Instead, heading over to the same table saw him now sitting with a stack of around 140,000.
He fired on a 
flop against Seppo Parkkinen but got called and then applied more pressure by betting 8,975 on the 
turn, a bet which would force the Finn to commit or fold and the latter option was chosen. However this hand made it apparent to see the Russian's strength, he seems relentless in a pot and knows exactly how much pressure he seems to need to apply, but also when he should back off.
Incidentally, the 140,000 stack means that Linov has regained the chip lead.